Thormid was stunned. He didn't think of this level just now.

Davers stood up and said decisively: "It seems that we have to send troops to reinforce Selinus. We will not add troops again and again. We will directly send the Sixth Army, the Roman Preparatory Team, Potendia and Samone reinforcements to Selinus and hand them over to Amintas for command."

Thormid was shocked: "Your Majesty, you will send the Sixth Legion and the Roman Preparatory Brigade to Selinus, and there will be only the Fourth Legion and the Ninth Legion. If Mago sends a large army to attack Minoa..."

Davers said calmly: "I don't think Ma Ge will give up his efforts in Selinus easily. If he really leads his army to attack Minoa, I hope he is wasting his little time like this. In addition, Alexis can implement our plan."

"If this happens, Minoa's defense will be even more." Thormid reminded again loudly.

Davers smiled slightly: "Marco dared to throw the troops he used to defend against Segesta into the siege battle. We cannot leave Lizaru, Epiternis and others idle, so we can transfer them to Minoa."

Thormid and Printols were shocked when he heard this: A few days ago, His Majesty was still talking about not holding the ropes too tightly to prevent the Carthage army from jumping over the wall. Just a few days later, he was going to order the dragged Third Legion and Lukalia Preparatory Legion to move forward to Minoa. Is this going to start the final decisive battle?!

The two looked at Davers' calm face and responded strongly: "Yes, your majesty!"

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In the early morning of the 2nd, Ma Ge gathered his army and launched an attack on the city of Selinus again.

At noon, the earthen walls built by the Carthaginians were connected with the Selinus wall. Fortunately, the Deonian defenders used wooden walls that had been prepared long ago to increase the height of the wall at the connection, which prevented the Carthaginian soldiers from rushing into the aisle at the city.

But the wooden wall was not solid enough after all. Under the pressure of the team officer, Carthage soldiers braved the rain of javelins thrown by the towers on the city, constantly burned with fire and hit wood. After suffering a lot of casualties, they broke through the wooden wall in the afternoon and rushed into the aisle on the city.

The Deonia defenders had to deal with long-range attacks from the earthen mountains outside the city, and the enemy's ant-attack under the city, beware of the enemy's tunnel attacks that could come at any time, and also sent heavy troops to block the enemy from rushing to the city through the earthen wall. The troops were already stretched, and even Amintas held a shield spear and prepared to participate in the battle himself.

At this critical moment, the Sixth Legion and the Roman Preparatory Brigade had a total of 16,000 people (including the Roman noble soldiers who were incorporated into the Legion) arrived by sea and finally repelled the already tired Carthaginians.

Although the Carthaginian army was repelled, Mago was not frustrated: the fact that Dionia's increase in troops to Selinnus made him excited. The plan he had originally formulated to "attract the main force of Dionia to come for the decisive battle by attacking Selinnus" had been initially realized. Judging from the situation of today's battle, after connecting the city wall of Selinnus, the defensive advantage of the Dionians has been greatly reduced. Tomorrow, when the entire army gathers to attack the city, the Celtics were sent, and the Lusitanians launched an attack along the city wall. I wonder if the Dionians can still stop it? Will they send more reinforcements? Will they build several more causeways to connect the city wall so that more soldiers can directly climb to the top of the city and fight head-on with the Dionians?...

Brother Ma sat in the big tent, thinking about tomorrow's siege plan.

At this time, the adjutant walked into the tent and reported to him: "Mr. Mago, news came from Segesta that the Dionians raided the territory of the Sikans, and the Sikel troops and the 3,000 Numibian soldiers who were stationed there were also defeated."

Ma Ge frowned and asked, "When did this happen?"

“This afternoon.”

Originally, the territory of the Sikan people was guarded by Hasdruba, led more than 30,000 soldiers, mainly to keep an eye on the army of the Dionians coming from the eastern part of the mountainous area. However, after the Sikan people led by the Taknian tribe entered the territory of their old enemy, they had some conflicts with the Sikan people. However, because of the existence of Hasdruba, the contradictions could always be eliminated.

Some time ago, because the Dionians attacked Palemos, the Sikels were unwilling to go with the army. Before leading the army to reinforce, Hasdruba specially separated the Sikels' garrison from the Xishou people, leaving behind thousands of Numibian soldiers, hoping that they could remain calm before he returned. Unexpectedly, Hasdruba's troops were later transferred back to the Carthage camp of Selinus by Mago, and the Sikans' territory seemed to have become a corner forgotten by the Carthaginians. Since the three troops in the territory were difficult to unite, it was natural to quickly defeat after being raided by the Dionian army.

Ma Ge's brow then stretched out and asked, "Do you know how many people the Dionians have dispatched?"

"According to the situation observed by the detective cavalry, there were about tens of thousands of people."

"Only more than 10,000 people." Ma Ge was a little disappointed. He deliberately left behind the flaw in the territory of the Sikan to attract the Dionians to attack: "Where are these Dionians now?"

"They retreated westward."

"What? Run away?!" Ma Ge frowned again. He was hesitating just now: Should Hasdruba lead tens of thousands of soldiers to eat this enemy? Or would he just ignore it and lure more Dionians into the Sikan territory, and even began to attack Segosta, not far from the Sikan territory, and then gathered a large army to annihilate it... As a result, after the Dionians attacked, they actually slipped away.

Brother Ma felt powerful and had nowhere to use it. He stared at the adjutant and shouted: "The next report is not allowed to be intermittent, and we must finish it in one go!"

The adjutant felt wronged and could only be called to be justified.

The Dionians were not fooled, and it seemed that they had to attack Selinus!...Mago made up his mind and said to the adjutant: "There is no need to station troops in the Xikan territory. After gathering the defeated troops, they will all be brought back to the camp."

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When Alexis led a unit of the 10th and 4th legion to raid the Sikan territory, the scout general returned the news to the camp. Mago was leading the army to siege the city. The adjutant did not dare to disturb him at the critical moment of the siege battle, but there was one army that had the power to send troops independently, that is, the cavalry.

Mago had a total of 7,000 cavalry under his command, most of which were Numibian cavalry. They acted quickly and ran like the wind. They were accustomed to throwing javelins to kill and injure the enemy, and rarely fought head-on. Since Mago led his army to retreat to the western part of Sicily, the Dionian army could not stand, but took advantage of its maritime advantage and often sent fleets to land in the rear to harass. So Mago asked the cavalry to patrol the western coast every day. Once the enemy was discovered, they could launch an attack first and slow the enemy's actions so that the main force could arrive and annihilate it. Because of the characteristics of Numibian cavalry, he was not worried that they would suffer great losses.

Therefore, after receiving the news that "Dionians attacked the Sikan territory", the cavalry idle in the camp rushed to the Sikan territory, but unexpectedly, the Dionians quickly retreated to the mountains. As a result, the cavalry who wanted to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions had to do the chores of gathering the defeated troops.

Just when Mago returned to the camp tent, on the northwest side of the Carthage camp, a Numibian defeated soldier stood in front of Tinum, a military tent in the Numibian cavalry camp.

"I thought someone was going to see me, but I didn't expect it was you, Kenoms, and your father would be willing to let you participate in this terrible war!" Tinum said in surprise.

"In the eyes of the Carthaginians, we Numibians have no distinction between high and low, only one slave. The population of our tribe has been decreasing year by year in recent years. In order to make up for the number of troops imposed on us by the Carthaginians, even if I don't want to participate in this war, I must get it!" Kenoms said angrily.

The leader Tinum was silent for a moment and said for a while: "Carthage is indeed a bit harsh on your tribe!"

Kenoms looked at him and sneered in his heart: He understood that the other party was far less dissatisfied with Carthage for a long time, because Tinum was a Sinumibian and he was an East Numibian.

It turns out that the Numibia region is divided into east and west because of Carthage. The Carthaginians called the Numibians who lived inland in the Phoenician Allies along the coast of Africa East Numibia, while the Numibians who lived inland in the west and far from Carthaginian sphere of influence were called the Sinumibians.

A long time ago, because the East Numibians were very close to Carthage and Phoenicians, they had convenient communication with each other and frequent exchanges. They not only trade frequently, but also influenced by Carthage culture, the tribes in East Numibia have gradually changed from the original nomadic life to semi-agricultural and semi-parental life. Due to the abundant food and relatively abundant material, East Numibia has a large population. The West Lumibians were always in a nomadic state. Not only were they poor food and had a small population, but they also often fought for ranches. Sometimes due to climate change, the pastures decreased and the food was lacking, so they could only ask for food aid from the East Numibians. This is why the Masili tribe is familiar with the Kenoms tribe.

But 20 years ago, the Carthaginians were no longer satisfied with their territory being limited to the coast. They coveted the vast land inland and gradually changed their previous strategies for treating the Numibians, and continued to use provocation, division and disagreement against the tribes of East Numibia, and began to use force to conquer them from north to south. This force conquest reached its peak after Hanno took power. For the Sinumibians, Carthagin adopted a policy of bribery and favour, providing cheap food to the tribes, and employed employed people.
Chapter completed!